mulard
English
Noun
mulard (plural mulards)
- A domestic duck that is a hybrid of the Pekin duck and Muscovy duck.
- 2016, Michaela DeSoucey, Contested Tastes: Foie Gras and the Politics of Food, page 49:
- Only male mulards are used in foie gras production; the females' livers are considered “too veiny.”
French
Etymology
From mulet (“mule”), because it too is a hybrid of two species.
Further reading
- “mulard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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